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Week 1 preview (Nov. 9-14)

Baylor only playing 7 tonight?

Smith with 1 rebound, but Egbo having a string gane.

How do they look?
 
Baylor is shooting wayyy too many threes and horrible defense. It looks like they’re doing anything they want.
 
undersized said:
As I posted in the other thread, it appears as if their starting PG Amy Dilk tore her ACL at the very beginning of the game.
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No! I can't with all these injuries. :(

I suspected something bad had happened because there were too many zeros in her stat line when I was checking the score.
 
DEvJ said:
Baylor is shooting wayyy too many threes and horrible defense. It looks like they’re doing anything they want.
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I watched just a small bit earlier, I was shocked at the amount of 3's they were launching. Defense isnt the same but I dont know what Nicki's style is exactly.
 
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Man, if Sjerven could make some free throws, South Dakota might pull it off against Oklahoma.
 
Texas St cuts Baylors lead to 75-67. They arent gonna win with 90 seconds left but lord.
 
TX St gave it a good run but falls short

Baylor wins 77-70 final. Texas may end up winning the Big 12 this year, first games are tough to judge but I would have concerns if I was Baylor. If the coach has a pulse you ride Smith and Egbo this season mostly.
 
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I'm not drinking the Baylor Koolaid. I love Smith, but losing Kim is big, add in a few transfers and I think they're outside the top ten.

South Dakota couldn't quite pull it off at the end. South Carolina Friday night. The Coyotes played the Gamecocks tight last year.
 
It got slapped w/ an asterisk from another poster because of a poor opponent, but I was really impressed w/ Aaronette Vonleh's debut for Arizona tonight. One time top 40 or so recruit plummeted all the way down to #100 in the last Hoopgurlz ratings for the '21 class. She entered the game well into Q2 and got into double figures almost immediately, going 5-5. Sat on the bench again for much of the second half, but finished w/ 14 on 7-8 shooting and had 6 rebounds. She's big bodied but mobile, moves her feet well, really good hands. Some of those things are hard to teach. She also appeared to have a good feel for the game. And while all but one of her shots were layups, plenty of players struggle to convert bunnies on a regular basis. If there really are 99 better freshmen...well there aren't, I'll guarantee it.

Arizona struggled in Q1, then blew the game wide open. None of their transfer players really wowed me, but I expect more from them as the season goes on, especially Love from Vandy.
 
I watched some of the Baylor game and just saw the final score and box score. This was their first game so I can let off a little bit, but if this is any indication, Baylor will be in for the long haul throughout the season. 4-25 from 3 and only one player shooting above 30% from 3 is playing with fire, which also is the complete opposite of Mulkey's trademark "pound it in the paint" and midrange style offense. Maybe those shooting numbers will improve, but they are going to have to in order to compete with the non Texas State/North Texas Prairie A&M schools.
 
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cacoastfan said:
I watched some of the Baylor game and just saw the final score and box score. This was their first game so I can let off a little bit, but if this is any indication, Baylor will be in for the long haul throughout the season. 4-25 from 3 and only one player shooting above 30% from 3 is playing with fire, which also is the complete opposite of Mulkey's trademark "pound it in the paint" and midrange style offense. Maybe those shooting numbers will improve, but they are going to have to in order to compete with the non Texas State/North Texas Prairie A&M schools.
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I didn't see this game, but why in the world are they taking 25 threes when the two best players on the team are Smith and Egbo??
 
Plebe said:
I didn't see this game, but why in the world are they taking 25 threes when the two best players on the team are Smith and Egbo??
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Your guess is as good as mine. The announcers mentioned early in the game that Collen has given players the green light to launch the 3, which is interesting because that is really not the system that Mulkey recruited those players for. Their success should come with running the offense through the post with Egbo and Smith because that is one of the best post duos in the country.

Edit: besides A'sberry and Gillespie, the returning players and Lewis were coming in under Mulkey's system
 
nwhoopfan said:
I was thinking of fans, but I guess either/or.
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Plenty of Baylor fans didn't like the hire to begin with, or at least were very underwhelmed by it.

Head to the Baylor board tonight if you want to see some serious angst.
 
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Another transfer I wasn't aware of. Jade Loville transferred from Boise State to Arizona State and tonight led Sun Devils with 18 points in the win over Northern Colorado. She's a great pickup for coach Turner-Thorne.
 
As good as they've been under Graves, Oregon hasn't really been noted for their defense. They've held Idaho St. to 29, almost midway thru Q4.
 
91-34 Oregon final. This is a veteran Idaho St. team who put a scare into Kentucky in the Tourney last year.
 
LSU wins by 42 in Mulkey's debut.

Gusters, whose services UConn was runner up for, had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 24 minutes.
 
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Notre Dame won by 36 over Ohio. I understand Sam Brunelle is in much better shape this year,. Maybe it's paying off: she had 20 points on 8-10 shooting in just 17 minutes. Miles with 11 assists.

Big first game for Sonia Citron too: 13 points, 7 boards, 6 assists
 
Plebe said:
Another transfer I wasn't aware of. Jade Loville transferred from Boise State to Arizona State and tonight led Sun Devils with 18 points in the win over Northern Colorado. She's a great pickup for coach Turner-Thorne.
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She also picked up Mael Gilles from Rutgers as a Grad transfer. She'll help with the defense for sure with that team.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
DePaul freshman Aneesah Morrow had a decent first game:

31 points on 13-16 from the field, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in 23 minutes.
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Dont know this player but looked up her HS Bio. Pretty good. Listed as 6' 1"

High School: Led Simeon to a 35-2 record and the girls basketball program’s first state championship (Class 3A) in 2020… averaged 28.4 points, 14.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and nearly three steals a game last season… All-State First Team selection by the Associated Press, Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)… after eclipsing the 1,000-point career mark as a junior, MaxPreps ranked her as the No. 1 recruit in the state and No. 20 in the nation… Prospects Nation ranked her at No. 45… MaxPreps/WBCA Player of the Week… finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists against Maine South… racked up 38 points and 25 rebounds versus Morgan Park… had 32 points, 15 rebounds, five steals and five blocks vs. Butler… put up 31 points and 19 rebounds against Evanston… led Wolverines to Public League title in 2018.
 
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Too bad the Princeton-Villanova game is on Flohoops tonight as I would definitely be interested in that game. Carla vs. Denise Dillon.
I was really impressed with how well Dillon did last year as I was highly skeptical and she proved me wrong, I am glad to say.

Does anyone know if the Flohoops subscription is monthly as buying it now would get me this game and the Battle 4 Atlantis games.
 
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